Ntjam Rosie - Elle

October 6th and 11th Ntjam Rosie presented her new album Elle in “De Doelen”, Rotterdam and in “Paradiso”, Amsterdam respectively. Both nights she welcomed two very special guests: drummer Nathan Allen (Amy Winehouse) and bassist Alex Bonfanti (Tom Jones). Both musicians flew over from the UK to join Rosie’s band on these special occasions. 24 year-old drummer Nathan Allen from London has worked with artists like Faith Evans and Amy Winehouse. Bass player Alex Bonfanti, also 24 years old and also from London has played with Joss Stone and Tom Jones. Nathan and Alex have contributed to Rosie’s album Elle and they have joined her release shows.

Since the release of Rosie’s first album Atouba (2008) beautiful things have happened to her. She graduated from Codarts Conservatory and won the MCN World Up Award. Rosie had the honour to receive the Music Matters Award, which enabled her to record Elle and won her the title Music Ambassador for Rotterdam. Ntjam Rosie has closed a show for Erykah Badu, has opened for Jose James and has performed on festivals like Dunya, The Hague Jazz, North Sea Round Town and Mundial. October 8th Rosie’s album Elle has hit the shops. American radio station KCRW has premiered the first single “In Need” and put it on its playlist. KCRW has always been upfront in discovering and acknowledging new talent around the world. The station has played an important role in the breakthrough of several international artists.

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